2014-15 Chicago Bulls Playoffs Thread - SEE RED

[ARCubsFan]

That review was bs... I was thinking if anything there should be no time on the clock. The ball never went out until much after 0.8 seconds. The refs blew their whistle way too early, then gave them even more time.

Wasn't on the refs, the Bulls went scoreless for 8 minutes in the 3rd quarter like they've done so often under Thibodeau and it cost them a win and probably the series.

[bcl412]

That loss sucked but the defeatist stupidity is annoying. Decent chance the Bulls don't miss a bunch of open shots next game especially if Pau is back, they've held LeBron down all series and Irving hasn't been good since game one. Nothing suggests that winning in Cleveland will be impossible.

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

That review was bs... I was thinking if anything there should be no time on the clock. The ball never went out until much after 0.8 seconds. The refs blew their whistle way too early, then gave them even more time.

Wasn't on the refs, the Bulls went scoreless for 8 minutes in the 3rd quarter like they've done so often under Thibodeau and it cost them a win and probably the series.

Didn't say the bulls are blameless, just saying that last play was BS. I never really thought the bulls had much of a chance this series. I always know in the back of my mind they have way too many times where they can't score (or even get quality shots at times). I really thought they had to win both in Chicago to win this series. Cleveland didn't play all that well today and the bulls still didn't take advantage.

[bcl412]

Blatt signaled time out at the end. That should be a friggen' technical. I hate NBA officiating. It probably wasn't seen but God, they mess up so much. I'm sure most has to do with freak athletes and a game that's tough to officiate perfectly but still, that's such an obvious rule.

[Guest]

i think the bulls will win if they get a shot at an elimination game, even if it's game 7 on the road

[UMFan83]

Blatt signaled time out at the end. That should be a friggen' technical. I hate NBA officiating. It probably wasn't seen but God, they mess up so much. I'm sure most has to do with freak athletes and a game that's tough to officiate perfectly but still, that's such an obvious rule.

 

I would guess it's only a technical ofthe refs acknowledge it and stop play.

[Derwood]

So two blow outs and two buzzer beaters. What have we learned?

[Wilson A2000]

Blatt signaled time out at the end. That should be a friggen' technical. I hate NBA officiating. It probably wasn't seen but God, they mess up so much. I'm sure most has to do with freak athletes and a game that's tough to officiate perfectly but still, that's such an obvious rule.

 

Tyronn Lue grabbed Blatt and pulled him back to the sideline. I wonder if Lue could be their next head coach.

[ARCubsFan]

So two blow outs and two buzzer beaters. What have we learned?

Wouldn't call game 1 a blowout

[Derwood]

So two blow outs and two buzzer beaters. What have we learned?

Wouldn't call game 1 a blowout

 

It started out as one. Game two was more or less a mirror of game one, only with a bigger first quarter cushion

[Sammy Sofa]

The sadsacks here who want to give up after every single loss are beyond terrible. The epitome of Chicago sports fans.

[Derwood]

The sadsacks here who want to give up after every single loss are beyond terrible. The epitome of Chicago sports fans.

 

They've already run Thibs out of town, so they'll get what they deserve

[ARCubsFan]

The sadsacks here who want to give up after every single loss are beyond terrible. The epitome of Chicago sports fans.

 

They've already run Thibs out of town, so they'll get what they deserve

Thibs isn't exactly proving anyone wrong

[Wilson A2000]

The sadsacks here who want to give up after every single loss are beyond terrible. The epitome of Chicago sports fans.

 

They've already run Thibs out of town, so they'll get what they deserve

 

GarPax disdain Thibs far more than the sadsacks

[Wilson A2000]

@swirsk054: Wow--J R Smith ..J.R. Smith on the Cavs' final play: "It was dumb at first because at first, coach had LeBron taking the ball out."

[Andy]

The sadsacks here who want to give up after every single loss are beyond terrible. The epitome of Chicago sports fans.

 

They've already run Thibs out of town, so they'll get what they deserve

 

GarPax disdain Thibs far more than the sadsacks

No kidding. Us "sad sacks" know the Bulls are willingly downgrading at head coach next year and that the East will never be as open for the taking as it is/was this year.

[Andy]

Pau is old, Noah has regressed like crazy offensively (though he certainly has played with tremendous effort this series), Rose is frankly going to be a question mark forever and with Butler getting the max this off-season the Bulls won't have money to burn. It's fun to make fun of the people taking every game seriously but the fact of the matter is we don't know if or when the Bulls will have a better chance than this one and it's frustrating as [expletive] to see them blow the one they had today.

[Wilson A2000]

Pau is old, Noah has regressed like crazy offensively (though he certainly has played with tremendous effort this series), Rose is frankly going to be a question mark forever and with Butler getting the max this off-season the Bulls won't have money to burn. It's fun to make fun of the people taking every game seriously but the fact of the matter is we don't know if or when the Bulls will have a better chance than this one and it's frustrating as [expletive] to see them blow the one they had today.

 

People have been saying the Bulls' window has been nearly closed for years. Nope. You never know when injuries will occur. What if Love goes to Boston or the Lakers? The salary cap is about to go up what, $10-20 million at least over the next 5 years? The window is not closed.

[Sammy Sofa]

It's the nonsense where people like Andy act like this loss seals the deal for them losing the series. Just tedious.

[Andy]

Pau is old, Noah has regressed like crazy offensively (though he certainly has played with tremendous effort this series), Rose is frankly going to be a question mark forever and with Butler getting the max this off-season the Bulls won't have money to burn. It's fun to make fun of the people taking every game seriously but the fact of the matter is we don't know if or when the Bulls will have a better chance than this one and it's frustrating as [expletive] to see them blow the one they had today.

 

People have been saying the Bulls' window has been nearly closed for years. Nope. You never know when injuries will occur. What if Love goes to Boston or the Lakers? The salary cap is about to go up what, $10-20 million at least over the next 5 years? The window is not closed.

Who said that? I don't know of anyone that's said it's nearly closed before, mainly because until this year I would have argued with them.

[Wilson A2000]

Pau is old, Noah has regressed like crazy offensively (though he certainly has played with tremendous effort this series), Rose is frankly going to be a question mark forever and with Butler getting the max this off-season the Bulls won't have money to burn. It's fun to make fun of the people taking every game seriously but the fact of the matter is we don't know if or when the Bulls will have a better chance than this one and it's frustrating as [expletive] to see them blow the one they had today.

 

People have been saying the Bulls' window has been nearly closed for years. Nope. You never know when injuries will occur. What if Love goes to Boston or the Lakers? The salary cap is about to go up what, $10-20 million at least over the next 5 years? The window is not closed.

Who said that? I don't know of anyone that's said it's nearly closed before, mainly because until this year I would have argued with them.

 

A lot of people said it after the Bulls lost to the Heat LeBron's first year

[rawaction]

i think the bulls will win if they get a shot at an elimination game, even if it's game 7 on the road

 

Yeah, I've always felt if the Bulls won 3 games in this series, they would win 4. I think that 3rd win is a huge hump to get over. Been nice to get that today. Blowing that 11-point lead hurt. They had a chance to, if not drive in a dagger, then keep Cleveland at an arm's length by making some shots.

[ARCubsFan]

The Bulls championship window has always been contingent on Derrick Rose's health. Now it might be contingent on what Joakim Noah does next season because he's not even 6th man good at this point.

[cubbyvirus00]

I'm sure glad Thibs banished Mcbuckets to the gulag all season because we sure could have used another shooter today. The Bulls got nothing offensively from anyone not Rose and Butler. That's my biggest gripe is that we needed somebody to emerge this series on offense.

 

That 4th quarter was painful and caused me to vomit.

[Guest]

The sadsacks here who want to give up after every single loss are beyond terrible. The epitome of Chicago sports fans.

 

They've already run Thibs out of town, so they'll get what they deserve

Thibs isn't exactly proving anyone wrong

 

It's weird how I never really noticed you until like 3-4 days ago and now almost every post you make annoys the [expletive] out of me.

 

Mojo is spot on with the sad sacks crap. And I'm saying that while still being salty about yesterday's finish.